Francisco Mejía
C | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 8" 188LBS | Age: 28
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 277 250 31 65 6 0 .260 .322 .416 .738
2022 299 289 32 70 6 0 .242 .264 .381 .645
2023 160 150 22 34 5 0 .227 .258 .400 .658
7 Seasons 1,098 1,023 124 244 29 1 .239 .284 .394 .678
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .260 6 0 .738
2022 .242 6 0 .645
2023 .227 5 0 .658
7 Seasons .239 29 1 .678
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2017 21 45 10 0 0.0 0.0 94.4 104.5 5.7 10.0 .256 .300 .135 .244 .318 50.0 21.4 7.1
2018 22 239 37 3 8.1 4.8 86.7 103.1 8.8 29.7 .184 .307 .277 .258 .319 29.7 30.6 8.1
2019 23 902 171 8 4.7 3.3 88.4 109.6 19.7 31.6 .219 .368 .317 .276 .328 29.8 23.0 5.3
2020 24 160 30 0 0.0 0.0 81.5 100.3 23.4 36.7 .147 .211 .149 .193 .199 13.3 21.4 2.4
2021 25 1013 204 9 4.4 3.2 85.7 107.0 14.9 34.8 .230 .345 .320 .285 .305 28.9 17.7 6.1
2022 26 1094 225 6 2.7 2.0 86.8 108.5 15.7 39.1 .242 .329 .279 .262 .320 28.0 21.7 2.3
2023 27 578 115 5 4.3 3.1 87.5 107.5 18.9 33.0 .204 .319 .280 .243 .296 32.2 23.8 3.8
Player 4031 792 31 3.9 2.8 86.9 109.6 16.7 34.6 .222 .334 .291 .265 .309 29.0 21.8 4.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 70.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 40.0 50.0 10.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 54.1 18.9 18.9 8.1 43.2 37.8 18.9 2.7 45.9 21.6 18.9 2.7 8.1 4.8
2019 37.4 26.3 23.4 12.9 45.6 31.0 23.4 1.8 25.7 35.1 24.6 7.0 4.7 3.3
2020 40.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 43.3 43.3 13.3 3.3 36.7 43.3 13.3 3.3 0.0 0.0
2021 42.6 23.0 22.1 12.3 40.2 32.8 27.0 6.9 30.4 30.9 23.0 4.4 4.4 3.2
2022 36.9 26.2 28.9 8.0 42.2 36.0 21.8 2.2 27.1 32.4 29.8 5.8 2.7 2.0
2023 37.4 27.0 24.3 11.3 47.8 34.8 17.4 2.6 27.8 37.4 20.9 7.0 4.3 3.1
Player 39.9 24.7 24.2 11.1 43.3 34.5 22.2 3.4 29.2 33.1 24.6 5.6 3.9 2.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -2 154 26.6 43 .231 .385 .308 21.7 23.3 15.9 .188 .310 .242 33.3
2023 Changeup 2.5 3 100 17.3 29 .259 .444 .334 19.6 20.7 19.4 .276 .379 .295 31.8
2023 Slider -3.1 -3 96 16.6 28 .143 .357 .207 27.9 39.3 27.5 .185 .327 .217 35.3
2023 Curveball -3.3 -2 61 10.6 15 .214 .286 .218 14.7 13.3 9.5 .157 .298 .190 15.4
2023 Cutter 1.7 1 59 10.2 13 .231 .462 .292 25.0 30.8 23.5 .173 .289 .193 22.2
2023 Sinker -1.6 -1 50 8.7 17 .250 .438 .315 22.2 11.8 20.0 .182 .249 .215 28.6
2023 Split-Finger -0.9 0 31 5.4 10 .125 .250 .265 29.4 20.0 16.7 .149 .175 .255 33.3
2023 Sweeper -1.1 0 20 3.5 3 .333 .333 .300 9.1 33.3 14.3 .257 .384 .270 100.0
2023 Slurve -3.2 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 328 30.0 87 .244 .439 .313 26.7 25.3 20.2 .229 .339 .271 30.0
2022 Changeup -2.2 -4 183 16.7 54 .189 .208 .173 20.4 13.0 13.0 .233 .292 .232 14.9
2022 Slider -0.3 -1 167 15.3 48 .261 .370 .292 26.9 16.7 13.1 .293 .359 .304 31.6
2022 Curveball -1.9 -3 150 13.7 38 .263 .316 .255 23.3 36.8 25.9 .220 .270 .214 33.3
2022 Sinker 1.2 2 130 11.9 30 .357 .607 .430 20.0 10.0 9.1 .254 .361 .292 32.0
2022 Cutter -0.3 0 67 6.1 23 .217 .435 .313 18.8 21.7 33.3 .272 .425 .301 33.3
2022 Sweeper -0.6 0 36 3.3 9 .222 .333 .239 15.8 44.4 26.7 .187 .219 .176 20.0
2022 Split-Finger -7.9 -2 26 2.4 7 .000 .000 .000 21.1 28.6 18.2 .188 .216 .180 40.0
2022 Slurve 20.1 1 7 0.6 3 .333 1.333 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 .166 .506 .282 33.3
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 2 279 27.5 79 .239 .479 .349 20.8 13.9 12.1 .203 .350 .276 32.8
2021 Slider 2.2 4 160 15.8 43 .270 .405 .331 26.8 25.6 15.9 .262 .357 .315 25.9
2021 Sinker 0.4 1 149 14.7 36 .303 .515 .358 16.4 19.4 21.2 .236 .382 .280 33.3
2021 Changeup -1.3 -2 145 14.3 45 .262 .357 .299 13.6 8.9 12.1 .274 .375 .312 36.8
2021 Curveball -0.7 -1 143 14.1 37 .229 .286 .276 29.0 35.1 26.0 .185 .222 .207 18.2
2021 Cutter -1.5 -2 104 10.3 29 .280 .320 .326 17.7 6.9 9.5 .228 .265 .285 13.0
2021 Split-Finger 12.8 3 22 2.2 5 .400 1.000 .580 0.0 0.0 0.0 .329 1.030 .551 40.0
2021 Sweeper 7.3 1 8 0.8 2 .000 .000 .350 25.0 50.0 25.0 -- -- .350 --
2021 Slurve -1.5 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -6.0 -3 47 29.4 9 .000 .000 .000 23.3 22.2 11.8 .177 .228 .177 0.0
2020 Slider 2.6 1 26 16.3 7 .143 .571 .286 33.3 57.1 44.4 .045 .106 .060 33.3
2020 Changeup -9.9 -2 25 15.6 7 .000 .000 .000 28.6 14.3 25.0 .168 .307 .195 16.7
2020 Cutter -1.7 0 21 13.1 5 .000 .000 .140 38.5 0.0 0.0 .234 .248 .312 0.0
2020 Curveball -3.7 -1 17 10.6 10 .111 .222 .195 9.1 10.0 11.1 .111 .168 .178 25.0
2020 Sinker 2.0 0 13 8.1 3 .500 .500 .533 14.3 33.3 25.0 .317 .346 .429 0.0
2020 Split-Finger 0.1 0 11 6.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .072 .079 .067 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -1 300 33.3 78 .246 .406 .328 27.0 20.5 22.2 .192 .298 .263 32.1
2019 Slider -1.8 -3 162 18.0 40 .189 .297 .269 23.2 35.0 20.0 .186 .310 .245 26.1
2019 Curveball -2.4 -3 128 14.2 33 .226 .355 .236 38.2 42.4 38.9 .173 .327 .225 38.9
2019 Changeup 1.3 1 113 12.5 27 .370 .556 .433 27.4 3.7 3.2 .322 .445 .330 19.2
2019 Sinker -0.6 -1 102 11.3 39 .361 .528 .397 19.7 10.3 14.8 .298 .467 .352 31.3
2019 Cutter -0.1 0 77 8.5 20 .250 .600 .350 19.1 25.0 20.8 .177 .464 .256 26.7
2019 Split-Finger 10.8 1 10 1.1 3 .333 1.000 .533 0.0 0.0 0.0 .276 .712 .389 66.7
2019 Sweeper -7.3 0 4 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 1 67 28.0 14 .091 .364 .293 27.0 42.9 26.1 .163 .330 .316 40.0
2018 Slider -6.1 -3 45 18.8 10 .100 .100 .090 38.5 60.0 35.3 .152 .169 .138 0.0
2018 Sinker -1.9 -1 38 15.9 12 .400 .800 .538 22.2 25.0 30.0 .307 .628 .446 71.4
2018 Curveball -2.9 -1 38 15.9 8 .125 .125 .113 35.3 25.0 14.3 .074 .079 .071 0.0
2018 Changeup 4.9 2 31 13.0 13 .154 .385 .223 17.4 7.7 11.1 .186 .297 .206 25.0
2018 Cutter 0.0 0 20 8.4 5 .250 .500 .390 36.4 20.0 20.0 .225 .279 .320 33.3
2017 Slider -10.5 -1 14 31.1 4 .000 .000 .000 38.5 50.0 28.6 .018 .040 .026 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 11 24.4 3 .333 .333 .300 50.0 33.3 100.0 .288 .322 .271 50.0
2017 Sinker -5.9 -1 9 20.0 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 -- .635 .737 .603 100.0
2017 Changeup -3.5 0 9 20.0 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .120 .124 .112 0.0
2017 Curveball -6.8 0 2 4.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .249 .318 .224 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 62 239 0 -1 -1 0 -2
2019 243 900 -7 -1 0 2 -6
2020 42 160 -3 -4 0 1 -5
2021 278 1,017 2 -3 1 5 5
2022 302 1,104 -8 -5 3 2 -9
2023 160 577 -4 -6 6 1 -3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2017 45 28.9 84.6 81.8 53.1 64.7 48.9 23.1 62.2 28.6 8.9 75.0
2018 239 41.8 71.0 78.9 50.4 64.3 42.7 35.5 59.0 28.4 4.2 70.0
2019 902 44.4 70.0 78.6 46.0 68.3 43.3 42.6 56.7 25.6 5.7 80.4
2020 160 48.1 83.1 78.1 42.2 68.6 45.0 42.9 61.9 24.2 6.9 90.9
2021 1,013 45.2 70.3 85.1 43.1 71.5 39.3 34.3 55.4 20.5 6.5 71.2
2022 1,094 46.0 73.0 85.0 51.3 65.7 41.9 38.1 61.2 23.4 6.5 71.8
2023 578 48.2 71.2 83.3 48.8 69.9 42.8 35.6 59.5 22.1 6.9 82.5
Player 4,031 45.4 71.8 82.7 47.3 68.2 41.9 37.6 58.4 23.4 6.3 75.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2017 40 63
2018 34 40
2019 68 58
2020 8 31
2021 45 50
2022 44 41
2023 31 24
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 21.7 3 2.7 0 0 2 1 33.3
2019 21.9 8 8.0 0 4 9 1 12.5
2020 -- 1 0.2 1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 23.5 6 5.8 0 5 3 3 50.0
2022 23.2 6 3.5 3 3 3 1 16.7
2023 23.1 5 6.2 -1 1 7 1 20.0
Player 22.7 29 26.4 3 14 24 7 24.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3
2019 8 10 5 12 9 9 10 8 7 4 6 11 10 7 9 8 6 6 6 11 8 8 13 9 7 5 7 9 11 7 2
2020 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2021 6 8 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 3 5 6 6 4 6 8 5 4 7 5 5 7 9 7 5 4 8 6 7 5 6
2022 6 3 1 5 5 4 5 4 3 2 2 6 2 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 2 6 5 2 2 6 3 2 4 2
2023 5 5 2 9 8 6 7 5 8 6 5 9 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 8 5 3 9 6 5 4 8 5 6 7 5
Player 29 29 16 35 31 26 31 25 26 17 21 35 27 23 29 31 25 20 26 31 24 23 40 30 21 17 32 25 29 27 19
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 94.4 86.7 -7.7 88.4 1.7 81.5 -6.9 85.7 4.2 86.8 1.1 87.5 0.7
Launch Angle 5.7 8.8 3.1 19.7 10.9 23.4 3.7 14.9 -8.5 15.7 0.8 18.9 3.2
Barrel % 0.0 8.1 8.1 4.7 -3.4 0.0 -4.7 4.4 4.4 2.7 -1.7 4.3 1.6
Hard Hit % 50.0 29.7 -20.3 29.8 0.1 13.3 -16.5 28.9 15.6 28.0 -0.9 32.2 4.2
Sweet Spot % 10.0 29.7 19.7 31.6 1.9 36.7 5.1 34.8 -1.9 39.1 4.3 33.0 -6.1
xBA .256 .184 -0.072 .219 0.035 .147 -0.072 .230 0.083 .242 0.012 .204 -0.038
BA .154 .179 0.025 .265 0.086 .077 -0.188 .260 0.183 .242 -0.018 .227 -0.015
xwOBA .244 .258 0.014 .276 0.018 .193 -0.083 .285 0.092 .262 -0.023 .243 -0.019
wOBA .135 .277 0.142 .317 0.040 .149 -0.168 .320 0.171 .279 -0.041 .280 0.001
xSLG .300 .307 0.007 .368 0.061 .211 -0.157 .345 0.134 .329 -0.016 .319 -0.010
SLG .154 .375 0.221 .438 0.063 .179 -0.259 .416 0.237 .381 -0.035 .400 0.019
K% 21.4 30.6 9.2 23.0 -7.6 21.4 -1.6 17.7 -3.7 21.7 4.0 23.8 2.1
BB% 7.1 8.1 1.0 5.3 -2.8 2.4 -2.9 6.1 3.7 2.3 -3.8 3.8 1.5
Swing % 62.2 59.0 -3.2 56.7 -2.3 61.9 5.2 55.4 -6.5 61.2 5.8 59.5 -1.7
Whiff% 28.6 28.4 -0.2 25.6 -2.8 24.2 -1.4 20.5 -3.7 23.4 2.9 22.1 -1.3
In Zone % 28.9 41.8 12.9 44.4 2.6 48.1 3.7 45.2 -2.9 46.0 0.8 48.2 2.2
Out of Zone % 71.1 58.2 -12.9 55.6 -2.6 51.9 -3.7 54.8 2.9 54.0 -0.8 51.8 -2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 53.1 50.4 -2.7 46.0 -4.4 42.2 -3.8 43.1 0.9 51.3 8.2 48.8 -2.5
First Pitch Swing % 23.1 35.5 12.4 42.6 7.1 42.9 0.3 34.3 -8.6 38.1 3.8 35.6 -2.5
First Pitch Strike % 30.8 61.3 30.5 65.2 3.9 61.9 -3.3 63.9 2.0 66.9 3.0 70.6 3.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts L 7 1 14.3 .146 .000
2017 Shifts R 6 0 0.0 .146
2018 Shifts L 32 10 31.3 .377 .226
2018 Shifts R 30 0 0.0 .220
2019 Shifts L 177 108 61.0 .369 .296
2019 Shifts R 66 6 9.1 .302 .260
2020 Shifts L 29 18 62.1 .146 .189
2020 Shifts R 13 1 7.7 .103 .000
2021 Shifts L 160 137 85.6 .412 .297
2021 Shifts R 115 12 10.4 .327 .323
2022 Shifts L 211 187 88.6 .311 .233
2022 Shifts R 86 3 3.5 .377 .000
2023 Shades L 127 74 58.3 .216 .341
2023 Shades R 33 2 6.1 .230 .441
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2017 5 15.0 60.0% 0.0% 8 18.5 12.5% 0.0%
2018 53 16.5 37.7% 1.9% 31 22.6 0.0% 3.2%
2019 214 18.9 13.1% 2.3% 123 23.4 0.0% 11.4%
2020 39 18.4 12.8% 0.0% 13 25.1 0.0% 7.7%
2021 288 19.2 5.6% 2.8% 93 24.3 0.0% 12.9%
2022 262 18.2 14.1% 3.4% 119 23.4 0.8% 15.1%
2023 133 14.9 51.1% 0.8% 63 19.3 12.7% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings